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Integrated Operations in the Oil and Gas Industry: Sustainability and Capability Development

IGI Global, 2012

The concept of a capability platform can be used to argue how firms engage networked relationships to embed learning/performance into distinctive practices rather than focusing only on technology. In fact the capability language allows us to unpack the role of technology by emphasizing its interaction with people, process, and...

Mobile Ad Hoc Robots and Wireless Robotic Systems: Design and Implementation (Premier Reference Source)

IGI Global, 2012

The emergence of wireless robotic systems has provided new perspectives on technology. With the combination of several disciplines such as robotic systems, ad hoc networking, telecommunications and more, mobile ad hoc robots have been essential towards the future possibilities of technology.

Mobile Ad Hoc Robots and Wireless...

Technological Advancements in Biomedicine for Healthcare Applications (Premier Reference Source)

IGI Global, 2012

Technology continues to play a major role in all aspects of society, particularly healthcare. Advancements such as biomedical image processing, technology in rehabilitation, and biomedical robotics for healthcare have aided in significant strides in the biomedical engineering research field.

Technological Advancements in...

Knowledge Management 2.0: Organizational Models and Enterprise Strategies

IGI Global, 2011

In the last few years, Knowledge Management (KM) practices have evolved in organizations. Due to the introduction of Web 2.0 technologies, new usages of information and knowledge sharing have emerged (Enterprise 2.0). The new generation of employees (Generation Y or Milennials) has new habits at work. They use everyday Web 2.0...

Supply Chain Optimization, Design, and Management: Advances and Intelligent Methods (Premier Reference Source)

IGI Global, 2010

The supply chain of both manufacturing and commercial enterprises comprises a highly distributed environment, in which complex processes evolve in a network of companies (see Figure 1). Such processes include materials procurement and storage, production of intermediate and final products, warehousing, sales, customer service, and...

Social Knowledge: Using Social Media to Know What You Know (Premier Reference Source)

IGI Global, 2010

Unlike many of the management movements of the last half century knowledge management has no single origin or unambiguous instantiation. Business Process Reengineering, the Balanced Score Card and the Learning Organisation (to mention but a few) all originate with a single book which then defines the field. In Knowledge Management...

Computer-Enhanced and Mobile-Assisted Language Learning: Emerging Issues and Trends

IGI Global, 2011

Since the publication of the Handbook of Research on Computer-Enhanced Language Acquisition and Learning in 2008, information communication technology (ICT) has continued to create new learning paths to assist language learning. While CD-ROMs, multimedia computer labs, the World Wide Web, e-mail, and SMS still play an important...

Pattern Discovery Using Sequence Data Mining: Applications and Studies

IGI Global, 2011

Sequential data from Web server logs, online transaction logs, and performance measurements is collected each day. This sequential data is a valuable source of information, as it allows individuals to search for a particular value or event and also facilitates analysis of the frequency of certain events or sets of related events. Finding...

Multi-Disciplinary Advancement in Open Source Software and Processes

IGI Global, 2011

In the last years, free and open source software, i.e. software under a license that grants several rights like free redistribution to the user, has become more and more important, with this importance now stretching beyond the mere use of well-known projects in both private and commercial settings (Fitzgerald, 2006; von Krogh and...

Corporate Hacking and Technology-Driven Crime: Social Dynamics and Implications

IGI Global, 2010

This book takes a novel approach to the presentation and understanding of a controversial topic in modern-day society: hacking. The term hacker was originally used to denote positively-motivated individuals wanting to stretch the capabilities of computers and networks. In contrast, the term cracker was a later version of the term,...

Intelligent Multimedia Databases and Information Retrieval: Advancing Applications and Technologies

IGI Global, 2011

The decreasing costs of consumer electronic devices such as digital cameras and digital camcorders, along with the ease of transportation facilitated by the Internet, has lead to a phenomenal rise in the amount of multimedia data. Now multimedia data comprising of images, audio, and video is becoming increasingly common. Given that...

Payment System Technologies and Functions: Innovations and Developments

IGI Global, 2011

Payment systems are the indispensable infrastructure for financial markets and business activities. Every commercial trade and financial transaction is finalized only when the final settlement is made through a payment system. If operational failures would occur in a payment system, preventing smooth transfers of funds, national economies and...

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